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Creative Ways To Make Work Much More FunFunFun!

It’s that Mad Monday again, and don’t you wish you can turn back the time to at least Saturday morning? The weekend seemed to flown by so fast, and here comes Manic Monday again. Well fortunately, I have ways to make it more creative and fun for your work week. Whether you love your job or not, occasionally there are times you wish you were lying on the beach sipping fresh coconut water instead of sitting in an office dreading the time that you are there. Or just be a hawk and keep on looking at the clock to see if it hits lunch time or 5pm dismissal time. We spend about a third of our life at the work place, so when the opportunity permits, why not make it more enchanting?

Now, not everyone of us will have the opportunities to do these things suggested due to the work environment and the protocol of the workplace. Just be your own best advisor and use your own best judgement on these.

For starter, let’s first enjoy a cup of cafe and then we can seat the day . . . 🙂

Smile, smiling are always the best part of the daily must have. Find reasons to smile. Tell a coworker a joke to start the day, or tell the best part of your weekend is exploring a new place for photography, now who wouln’t appreciate that, everyone of us has a hidden photographer side of us that is just waiting to sprung out. 🙂

Bring in little treats. I used to do this every week at my old workplace, cut some fresh flowers, such as roses from your garden to bring in to the office and give each of your lady coworker friends a rose for their desks. Bring in a few bars of chocolates or some baked chocolate chips cookies and pretend you are Santa. These little surprises not only created a connection between you and your coworkers closer but build fondness and also slight trust.

Celebrate a coworker’s birthday, their anniversary, congratulate them on a job well done. You are celebrating success no matter how big and small. Throw a small party at lunch for someone’s work anniversary, or to celebrate a new client or another milestone. It’s all about making people feel appreciated. The more social stuff the better bond of happiness you’ll have, as when people get to know each other that’s when you really become a team.

Decorate your work desk. You spend a lot of time at work, so why would you want to fill your work environment with objects that are useless and not pleasing to the eyes? In fact, you could even have a “decorate your area” competition. If you were really committed you could theme your area according to different holiday’s or International day’s, Valentine’s day, St Patricks’ Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas etc.

Start a social group. Perhaps, you could use this to start your own dress up day for charity. Or plan a movie night in the office.

This will depending upon your work environment. Perhaps, test the waters to see if it would be OK to bring your (well trained) dog or baby for the day, they are both cute and procure a large amount of awwww’s in the office.

A Creative Friday. Share the funniest YouTube videos you’ve seen with some close colleagues. Or share an innovative quote, or an inspirational quote to send off a good happy end of workday vibes & signaling a start of a fun weekend coming up. 🙂